Although we enjoy the Academy Awards every year, we always walk away with a sour taste in our mouths. Today I will continue my series on the Oscar winners. I will share my thoughts on who won, who should’ve won and who should’ve been nominated.
The first race I am going to tackle is the 2012 Best Picture race.
Here were the 8 films nominated for Best Picture.
- Argo
- Lincoln
- Zero Dark Thirty
- Les Miserables
- Life of Pi
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Django Unchained
- Amour
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
Who Won?
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979.
Argo was nominated for 7 Academy Awards and the film took home 3 Oscars including Best Picture.
One of the biggest shocks of the 2012 Oscar season was Ben Affleck who won the Best Direct at the Golden Globes and BAFTA was not nominated in the Best Director category by the Academy.
Who Should Have Won?: Silver Linings Playbook
This one was a hard one. Argo is a fantastic film and the last 15 minutes of that film is one of the best edges of your seat sequences in the history of film.
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Silver Linings Playbook is rather perfect within itself.
The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards but they took home only one Oscar that night which saw Jennifer Lawerence take home her first Oscar.
Silver Linings Playbook was a breathtaking look inside the mind of someone that is Bi-polar. The performances in the film were absolutely remarkable led by Jennifer Lawerence who really took the film by its horns from the first moment she was on the screen. Bradley Cooper was also fantastic in this film.
The writing was great, the directing was great, the acting was great, this film was just out and out robbed.
Who Should Have Been Nominated?: End of Watch
End of Watch is one of the most intense thrillers you will ever watch. The acting in this film is top-notch between Jake (the Academy hates me) Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. Both of these guys gave such wonderful and layered performances that showcase some of the best chemistry you will see on the big screen.
David Ayer wrote this film to perfection, the setup, the obstacles, the showdown, and the ending was everything you could have ever wanted from a film. You laugh, you cling to the edge of your seat and you cry, Ayer made you feel EVERY possible emotion you could in this film.
This film was so overlooked that it hurts.
Who would you have picked as the winner? And what film was missing from being nominated?
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